Profile

Brief biography of Hiroyuki Kawanishi

1974

Born in Tokyo.

1995

It was in Vancouver, Canada, where I first came into contact with glasswork and immediately fell in love with it. 
After spending 11 years living abroad, I began making my first glass pieces in 2006.

2009

I started creating new items such as glass pens and founded “Kawanishi Glass.”
Since childhood, I’ve been fond of insects, and my travels to the Amazon and jungle greatly inspired me. 
This is reflected in my glassworks as small green and pink worlds.

Activity history

2012

Featured in the magazine “VALUES”

2013

Participating in the “World Fountain Pen Festival” at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi
Featured in the magazine “Hobby Stationery Box”
Featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun “Gifts from Masters”

2014

Appeared on FM Tokyo’s “Smile mission”
Nagasawa Stationery Center “Fountain Pen Festival”
Gifts made from Hachioji to its sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2015

Participated in the Hankyu Umeda Stationery Fair
Gifts made from Hachioji to its sister city, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

2016

Featured in the magazine “Hobby Stationery Box vol.38”
Appeared on TBS’s “Wazabito”
 Back Number | Wazabito ~BRIDGE OF DREAMS~ (tbs.co.jp)

2017

Featured in the magazine “Pen”

2018

Participation in the Tokyo International Pen Show
Introduced on NHK General TV’s “Shunkan☆Gotochi!”

2019

Featured in the magazine “&Premium”
TParticipated in the San Francisco Pen Show
Participated in the Hong Kong Asian Stationery Show

2020

Featured in the magazine “NIKKEI DESIGN”

2021

Published in the magazine “Fujingaho”
Featured in the magazine “ENGINE”
Featured in the magazine “NISEKO EXPRESS”

2022

Featured in the magazine “HO”
Featured in the magazine “ISM”
Featured on the cover of the magazine “Hobby Stationery Box vol.61”

2023

Featured in AIR DO INFLIGHT MAGAZINE “rapora”
Featured in the magazine “Hobby Stationery Box vol.66”

2024

Featured in the magazine “Stationery Magazine”
Taiwan: “Spacewalk” exhibition